House of The Rising Sun ~ Five Chord Song

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN          

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There is a house in New Orleans, 

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They call the Rising Sun

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And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy

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And me, I Know, I'm one

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My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans

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My father was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans

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Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

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And the only time he's satisfied, is when he's on a drunk

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Oh, mother, tell your children,  

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 not to do what I have done,

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Don't  spend your lives in sin and misery, 

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in the house of the Rising Sun

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Well  I’ve got one foot on the platform, 

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the other foot on the train

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I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain

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Well, There is a house in New Orleans, 

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they call the Rising Sun

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And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy , 

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and God, I know I'm one